Never Turn Your Back on a Wolf

Gold Springs Montana was recently rocked by the murder of Cole Dennison owner of the main town employer Western Mining Mr Dennison was found in his house with his throat cut only a day after being released from the hospital The first suspect should have been his recently estranged fiancee however her incarceration in jail for breaking his jaw rather clears her name The suspect is still at large even as the county attorney released Sasha Stanton owner of the Wolf Mountain Horse Company the largest track of private land in the US for lack of case with the victim of her anger dead More shocking to find though is that the mine Mr Dennison owned is out of gold How he s been keeping the operation open for the last few years is a mystery and with the EPA called in there s very little chance of it ever reopening Miss Stanton who until her father died had been away from town is the sole beneficiary of the will a complete coincidence since Cole had no chance to change it before his death due to his hospital stay Gold Springs being a company town is now owned by Miss Stanton who it should be noted in her time away earned a doctorate in Business and was lecturing at Dartmouth s Tuck School of Business until her return She also taught an international business class at the local college last semester In that one fact the town might have a chance at not imploding Local Lawyer Ethane Brandt has been helping with Miss Stanton s private investigation into the mine s irregularities something the local police seem to be uncomfortable with as they keep arresting Miss Stanton s employees and friends for the murder A sad state of affairs for a family that has been at the forefront of Montana life since 1851 when the ranch was founded A family it should be noted is one well versed with dealing with its own problems as defacto Montana royalty they ve held state office even helping to write the constitution at statehood as well as founding the local chapter of Daug